Cooking Classes, Canker Sores and Cool Connections

I think all these patients I meet cause me to be a bit more well rounded. (hmm.. thinking if there shouldn't be a pun intention) Hope this is helpful!

Cooking Classes found by friends:
First Class Cooking
Kitchen on Fire

Canker Sores?
Do you get them often? The kind that are on the inside of your cheek? Today I met a pediatrician who is doing research for congenital defects. Strangely enough, he told me something dental related that I didn't know about! Oh gosh!
If you suffer from canker sores, the cure is changing your toothpaste. If the toothpaste you use contains sodium lauryl sulfate, change it. Rembrant doesn't contain this ingredient. I'm so excited about this news! I don't know what cankers are like... but they look horrible!
You can read more about canker cures or wiki it.

Elizabeth Rosner
She's an author I met in Berkeley and she just might have gotten me to read some fiction. Crazy! She was really cool to talk to and I found out a couple of cool things she does. One, if you are into writing, she does day long writing workshops in Berkeley. Two, she knows Gillian Anderson, you know, Scully, from x-files! Her first book THE SPEED OF LIGHT is about the effects of the holocaust on the descendants of survivors; it is a story of loss and the redemptive power of storytelling and love. This likely isn't at all like what Dr. Vera wrote about her holocaust experience, but it intrigues me! Gillian Anderson has considered using this novel and making it into a film!
http://www.elizabethrosner.com/

Ahhah! Also, if you are around on Halloween, at the Althletic Playground, Urban Grace's Friday CG has planned a fun evening to learn self-defense. It will be taught by a friend.

KAM

I welcome my new addition, Kam to the family of kitchen appliances! She arrived Otober 22, 2008, 5 qts, 3 attachments! Kam is my red kitchen aid mixer! Oh what a bundle of joy! However this cannot compare to the N family with their real baby girl! YAAY!

I made a friend's recipe with the new kitchen aid. It is Pumpkin Sourcream Bundt Cake!
It turned out almost perfect! Except for the little hole on the side (that i turned into a mouth), it was a delicious, perfect slightly crispy outside and very moist inside. There is a surprise strussel hidden in the middle! It was so delicious it was scary..... cause late at night...we kept picking at the lil monster.

Other random things:

Need a locksmith? availablelocksmithinc.com or... get a sphygmomonometer (blood pressure cuff) and wedge it between the door, then use whatever tool you want to pull the lock open.

Need special dietary cookies? Julieann makes them and also teaches cookie baking! thislittlecookie.com.

Need something worthwhile to do? Salem Lutheran Home in Oakland is a great way to encourage some elderly. They are looking for volunteers to walk people outside, take them to sport events, plan parties, teach the Bible, pray, teach crafts...practically anything you like doing that someone elderly can do too! Email msprinkle (at) eldercarealliance.org.

Dias de los Muertos

Yet again, a patient of mine told me about something cool to go to! She works in planning events and shows at the Oakland Museum and had remembered that there is a big celebration for Dias de los Muertos, Saturday October 25th!
This is the link


On a more happy note! Not that dias de los Muertos is a sad note... but it is morbid. I have a new baby! And I couldn't be more excited about my newest edition to the.... kitchen, Kam! U______U Kam...is her name, as in Kitchen Aid Mixer! She's a red, 5 qt. beauty that will bring joy to us all through our tummies!

Bone Marrow Registry

Register HERE!
Rumor has it, it is free for "minorities!"

Thaaaanks Sarah!

I think I qualify to be a donor now

I'm looking for a place to donate blood and register for bone marrow. I think I finally weigh enough... and after talking to a patient who had lukemia and needed a donor... I was convinced that this is the least I could do. I kept telling her, what a blessing it was for her to be AB blood type and had the opportunity to receive blood from more people. She finally had a match, 10/10 and all she knows is that it was a boy in college who is B positive. That's awesome! Now her blood type is B positive.

So...I'm still looking for a place to register. Let me know if you find any. I keep missing them cause I'm at work Mon, Tues and Thurs.

Corn Maze in Dixon! c'mon cokoi, post college, CG

Alright nocal kids! I'm takin' Sac to the Bay areas! Lets go!!! I think CC went before, I've never gone...actually I'm quite terrified. In fact, I may be more terrified in groups, but all is good! Yea?? Giant corn maze in the dark? I'm willing to go that far if you are! :D

Cool Patch Pumpkins in Dixon, Ca

More things to do!

Oct 11-12--Ships and Blue Angels at Pier 39
till Oct 31--Corn Maze in Woodland
Nov 14-16-- Green Festival
Jan-June 2009--Wicked

Angel Island
SFMOMA
Go Car GPS Tour of SF
Spring time hike at Chimney Rock Point Reyes
Montebello Open Space Preserve (fault hike)